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objectify Definition

ob·jec·tify (əb jek′tə fī′, äb-)

transitive verb -·fied′, -·fy′·ing

to give objective form to; make objective or concrete; externalize

Etymology: object + -i- + -fy

objectify Related Forms
ob·jec′·ti·fi·ca′·tion noun
objectify Synonyms

objectify

v.

actualize, substantiate, make objective; see materialize 1.

objectify Usage Examples

Object

  • woman: Miss World is an outdated contest, as it objectifies women.
  • form: Rather than reflecting on what we are doing we are concerned about expressing it in an unfamiliar objectified form.
  • experience: They also help him objectify many experiences shared with individuals in that audience.
  • people: The 'birth of the clinic ' and the 'birth of the prison ' showed that rationalism could objectify people and become thereby tyrannical.
  • knowledge: At this point, the critical social sciences go beyond the objectified nomological knowledge or the subjective interpretation of the social reality.
  • gaze: And then there is one tune that sums up the objectifying gaze of fashion like nothing else.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: The doctor has so objectified himself that he never faces up to himself and to his own life at all.
  • not: Non-place always is the symptom, the pathological thing that everyone is attached to personally, but its not expressible, not objectified.